Addressing reporters at the White House, Trump said “it\u2019s too early to see” if the report published by Washington-based think tank the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the Korea-focused 38 North website is correct.<\/p>\n
The group used satellite images that appear to show Pyongyang rapidly reconstructing the Sohae long-range rocket test site in Cholsan County.<\/p>\n
The study concluded that “North Korea is pursuing a rapid rebuilding of the long-range rocket site at Sohae.”<\/p>\n
The new work began just two days after Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un unsuccessfully concluded a second summit in Hanoi, Vietnam.<\/p>\n
Sohae had in the past been used to conduct tests of technologies applicable to intercontinental ballistic missiles that North Korea is banned from conducting by the UN Security Council.<\/p>\n
“It\u2019s a very early report,” Trump said. “But I would be very, very disappointed in Chairman Kim. And I don\u2019t think I will be, but we\u2019ll see what happens. We\u2019ll take a look. It\u2019ll ultimately get solved.”<\/p>\n
Trump said his talks with Kim broke down because the North Korean leader wanted the removal of sanctions “in their entirety,” a claim rejected by Pyongyang, which insists it merely wanted a partial lifting of the biting economic penalties.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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